Hello everybody. Merry Christmas

monsieur
monsieur Community Member Posts: 128 Empowering
edited December 2021 in Start here and say hello!
Hey
I am not sure if anybody remembers me from last year, where I was writing bout me being depressed, being unable to get benefits.
7 months ago I was also contacted by safeguarding team.
All I want to say is thank you for your help, I am okay now. Staying with my mate for a while. I still have mild depression, but it is okay.

I hope everyone is OK here. Merry christmas and happy new year :) 
I do not bother with benefits anymore. I am a student in college though, doing FS maths and english. If i pass my exams (material is quite easy) then I will be going into GCSE course next year
I'd love to get A-levels someday. Not sure what my possibilities are, but hopefully everything will be OK :) 


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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,535 Championing
    Hi @monsieur and welcome back to the community :) Thank you so much for letting us know how you're getting on, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and New Year too!

    That's so exciting to hear, and I'm sure you're more than capable of getting A-levels, it's clear you've got the drive to achieve it. What sort of subjects would you be looking to study?
  • monsieur
    monsieur Community Member Posts: 128 Empowering
    edited December 2021
    Well, I can also study biology GCSE at the college, but it costs £300. Maybe I will do it after I finish maths and english first. I am not sure how to enroll into A-levels after I pass those gcse's, but I am sure the college will give me advice later on. So I read that I need 3 A-levels to get into uni. Biology is good, cuz I like nature and I love animals. I normally live out there in a tent in the woods. I enjoy it but not when the weather is like this... Rain and dirty water in the river. I got to feed a cat that lives in the woods and a pet squirrel :D

    Here are photos of Mr. Squirrel :pensive:

  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,535 Championing
    Okay, yes, you can definitely speak to someone at the college, I'm certain they can advise you on A-Levels if you're keen to work towards them :) 

    Does your pet squirrel have a name? 
  • monsieur
    monsieur Community Member Posts: 128 Empowering
    Not really, I call him Mr Squirrel :disappointed:
    I have uploaded photos of him in the upper post :D
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community Member Posts: 17,439 Championing
    Hi again @monsieur - I remember you from last year, & it's good to read that you seem to mentally be in a better place now. Also good to read about your studies, & I hope they go well.
    Thank you for the photos of Mr Squirrel; they're great. Wishing you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year too. :)
  • monsieur
    monsieur Community Member Posts: 128 Empowering
    Thank you.

    Well, functional skills is quite easy. I am not sure how english will go, but I will be talking on my speaking exams about hobbies and how they affect your mental health. So I am gonna talk about playing drums (how playing music is good for brain) and also country walks :). How spending time in nature is good for well-being and going for walks to nature cures depression.

    My squirrel unfortunately has problems with fleas so I had to escape from him. But I will come back at some point when it will be warmer outside. I might give him a proper wash. But he has got another friemd squirrel living with him on the tree, haha. I am pretty sure he will be alright.

    I have got lot of time to study, so I hope I will get some qualifications before I end up in some **** situation again. But for now everything seems to get better.

    I want to print my bank statements from sept. 2020 till 2021. Now I am in the college. I have got pre-settled status so I am making sure I have got all proof i need to get settled status in 2025. 

    Anyways, thank you for £20 voucher back in a day. 

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